The Dickinson press., 1887-08-27

The university of Dakota. located
at Nernilion. enters upon its fifth
Year Sept. 81.
silver sand of very rich quality
has been discovered in the Messing.
ton hills. near Crow Lake.
The IIuronite reads special to the
Huron girls for treating dissipated
young men with social consideration.
In South Dakota an uncle and niece
have just discovered their mutual
relationship. having lived near each
other for some years in ignorance of
the fact.
Two pairs of twins were recently
horn in Valley City recently, and the
Times.Record fears that an epi.
| demic of 1.-TWO of kind" threatens
| the town.
Baby No. 20.563 drew the lot in the
st. Paul Globes Baby benefit on the
l4th inst. 1t is a little Dakotianess
and its parents, Mr.. and Mrs. II. b.
Thomas, live at Hope.
On Saturday near Grand Forks, a
fourteen-year.old lad named Nels
Moen was killed almost instantly by
the runaway of his team of horses,
| with which he was drawing wheat.
SiXty-five of the eighty.five counties
OF the territory will submit the ques.
tion of prohibition ut the November
election. 1t is thought that sixty
counties will vote in favor of the
measure.
Steele Ozone--Even in the border
county Of Brown opposition to divi.
sion is dying out and division senti.
ment is growing strongly. In Stuts-
man county, the division sentiment
is rapidly gaining ground since the
Huron convention.
The commissioners of Hughes coun.
ty who rejected the petition asking
the privilege Of a local option vote,
have been summoned to appear with
defence of their course before Judge
Palmer at Huron.
James O'Haire of Watertown, the
rodman of the party of surveyors who
are locating the Duluth, Watertown
4 Pacific r. r.. into Huron, was
drowned while attempting to cross
the James river two miles above that
city.
Garry, Oak, special to the Pioneer
Press: Sheep breeders left here to-day
for Wisconsin and Illinois, where they
will buy some 1000 head of blooded
sheep. This county has already more
fine sheep than any other county in
the territory.
Foster, the desertcr arrested some
time ago for assault at Grand Forks
and subsequently sentenced to two
years Imprisonment by the military
authorities ut Folt Totten, has again
escaped, this time in company with
his guard. No trace of the fugitives
has been discovered SO far.
Yankton special to the Pioneer
Press: Capt. e. b. Sears of the govern.
ment engineer corps is here to Inspect
the damage by the washing of the
Missouri river. y few miles below
here hundreds of acres of fine bottom
lands have been carried away.
The Indian women are becoming
civilized to the ways of the white
ladies very rapidly. One old squaw
made every woman in Williston
blush with shame and envy, the other
day. by the new and advanced manner
She had of rapping her buck over the
head with room-stick.--Li
Muddy Optic.
| Fred Carruth. the funny genius OF
the Dakota Bell, has just accepted a
position on the New York Tribune
staff at $50 per week. He will remain
in Sioux Falls, and send in his contri
buttons weekly. 1t is understood
that the publication of the Bell viii
be discontinued. Mr.. Carruth's work
begins at once.
The Northern Pacific and Manitoba
announced their new grain rates
In general they show reduc
tion of about 10 per cent. Rates from
points on the Fargo Southern have
been reduced about three cents to
meet the new rates. From points OF
the Northern Pacific northwest o.
Brainerd rates are the same to Mime
apolis and Duluth but on the Little
Falls division the rate to Minneapoli,
is less.
In an Indian burial ground recent,
discovered near DEVILS Lake, a beau
tiful flint spear head was found. i
is described as being as large as
mans hand, about All eighth of al
inch thick, perfect in form and ex
quisit in color. Held between one'
eye and bright light it shows all TIN
tracery of an Autum leaf.